A newsletter for kids

#3 2014
Contents

P2 Number square 1
P3 Top 5 dragon books, wordsearch
P4 Wordsearch
P5 Dragon books
P6 Maze, top 5 dragon movies
P7 Craft
P8 Craft template
P9 New YA fiction, Number square 2
P10 New Junior Fiction
P11 Crossword
P12 Jokes, solutions

Library Locations


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ALLORA QLD 4362
Ph: 4666 3742

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Number Square 1

Try to fill in the missing numbers.

The missing numbers are integers
between 0 and 5.

The numbers in each row add up to
totals to the right.

The numbers in each column add up
to the totals along the bottom.

The diagonal lines also add up the
totals to the right.

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Dragon Name Wordsearch

S O M E V E S S H R M G M V S
G B E L E K R O M N D M D U A
F N R T X F R G E A A E E S S
S L I L A U T M Z L U L A A F
K A S W T B E O F L E G P L V
Y D K H E N I L O P I H B O G
S O O O T D U T A T I M F Z N
O N O H V E A H H R H B I B W
N G Z F R E H J A A E L R O L
G Q D E R R O L N O R B E R T
S T A M A I T A E G T T D S P
O G G O U N C C K D A Z R O S
J A B B E R W O C K V S A I I
Z M H X Z P W Q W X A D K K B
D N G M D A T O L K O G E D G

AVATRE ERROL EULFLAMM
FIREDRAKE GADZOOKS GLAEDR
JABBERWOCK JADEWING LADON
MNEMENTH MORKELEB NORBERT
PELEUS RUTH SAPHIRA
SKYSONG SMAUG TABITHA
TIAMAT TOOTHLESS
Top 5 DragonBooks/Series

1. The hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The enchanted forest chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
3. The voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
4. The neverending story by Michael Ende
5. Inheritance cycle series by Christopher Paolini

(collated from http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/31/ten-best-dragons-john-mullan; http://www.abebooks.com/books/avid-reader/dragons-literature.shtml;
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-top-6-best-dragons-in-literature/;ttp://www.saffrontree.org/2013/02/a-celebration-of-dragons-in-childrens.html;
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6783.Best_Dragon_Books; http://jennirl.com/2010/08/01/ten-of-the-actual-best-dragons-in-literature/)
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Dragon Species Wordsearch

D K C A L B N A E D I R B E H G V M K S T V K H Y N N C
J R N N M L E N O D S O N F R J H M K K B W N U G E O H
S W A J O D L P T W O O S E I B L C C K P T O N M N M I
N O H Z F G J E A X G S A D H Q K P A O X J B G X E E N
C U O U I O A M N A Q T F G G A P R B G I S L A L E D E
Y O D N S L P R R O S M Y O A K X N E R W T E R A V S S
M W M D G D Y D D N G B L R D H A I G E K W D I M V E E
N R X M R C D L O D E A D L Y S H A D O W D R A G O N F
G L O A O L H W F Z E H R D Z M D I I E B K A N D U O I
Q A G W A N D E N R S R N D O Q S P R G T G G H N Q T R
P O R R E R G P N R E J H Q D H V A N J Z D O O O V S E
N K E D A L B R A Y Q T C S S O M G A P Y V N R G N G B
T M A G E H P M E L I L T H L T O Q I K E D C N A U N A
E A O T Z N D M V E Y S O U H E D M G Q Z O H T R I I L
N N C K G E D L E S N R D G B R W E E M E S Y A D R V L
P A R U T N R R Q T T D I R K E I L W D A S Z I E Q I H
P K L T X D B C A S N N R G A B S L R R T I O L G Q L C
X L O O Y T V R N G S R W A I G H E O Y K B K C R N C J
H P E P P Q I O X U O X E H A W O C N T M I A R O D E A
S C P Y R J U I O I B N A T K K L N S A E V R S E M G K
X C X E R T W R W D O C R E S T E D D I P P E R G U J T
M B T M A S T E B Y G Z W D W A Z R O I J A H T T C M W
E J E J G S V D Z I E Q E A J L E V W S E O J Z S M P L
J Q I T N C O M M O N W E L S H G R E E N B W X A I T W
X T S O U J C Q A O W I H A Z Y W M I Y A Q G H R X P P
S U M I X A M S U C I T N A G I G S U N O G A R D A E S
N M C T N O G A R D N W O R B P W J B O S X L Q Y D A I
R E M A E R C S N A I L O G N O M P P T U I H G H X R O

BROWN DRAGON CHINESE FIREBALL COMMON GREEN DRAAK
COMMON WELSH GREEN CRESTED DIPPER DEADLY SHADOW DRAGON
EASTERN TEMPLE WORM EMERALD DRAGON GARDEN DRAGON
GREAT SNOW DRAGON HEBRIDEAN BLACK HUNGARIAN HORNTAIL
HYDRA JAPANESE BUTTERFLY LIZARD LIVINGSTONES DEMON
MONGOLIAN SCREAMER MONSTROUS NIGHTMARE MOOD DRAGON
NOBLE DRAGON NORWEGIAN RIDGEBACK SOONG CHEN YIS DRAGON
SPOTTED MARSH DRAAK ST GEORGE DRAGON SWAMP DRAGON
SWEDISH SHORT SNOUT WELSH RED DRAGON
SEADRAGONUS GIGANTICUS MAXIMUS

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Top 5 dragon movies

1. Dragonheart (1996) M
2. Reign of Fire (2002) M
3. How To Train Your Dragon (2010) PG
4. Spirited Away (2002) PG
5. Dragonslayer (1981) M

(collated from: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls009780748/; http://movies.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/best-dragon-movies.htm;
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/01/the-10-best-movie-dragons.html; http://screenrant.com/best-movie-dragons-characters-list/)


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Monster Bookmark

Transfer shapes to coloured paper or card and cut out.














Attach teeth to one of the outside diagonal edges.







Fold in teeth side first, then glue the top of this section.




Fold the other side over and press firmly to stick in place.







Add eyes and any other features you wish.


Your monster bookmark is complete.

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New Young Adult Fiction
Number Square 2

Try to fill in the missing numbers.

The missing numbers are integers
between 0 and 9.

The numbers in each row add up to totals
to the right.

The numbers in each column add up to
the totals along the bottom.

The diagonal lines also add up the totals
to the right.

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Number Square 4

New Junior Fiction
Coming December 2014
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Author Crossword
All the clue books feature dragons, do you know
who wrote them? Choose from the box below.
Across
4. Enchanted forest series
8. Guards guards
9. The immortals quartet
11. The fire within
14. The last of the dragons
15. Charmed life
16. The Hobbit
17. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Down
1. Deltora quest series 3
2. Through the looking glass
3. Dragon rider
5. Percy Jackson , Sea of monsters
6. The talking parcel
7. Jeremy Thatcher dragon hatcher
10. Dragonflight
11. The voyage of the Dawn Treader
12. How to train your dragon
13. The spiderwick chronicles
JRR Tolkien Lewis Carroll
E Nesbit CS Lewis
Anne McCaffrey Michael Ende
Christopher Paolini Gerald Durrell
Diana Wynne Jones Terry Pratchett
Patricia C Wrede Bruce Coville
Tamora Pierce Cornelia Funke
JK Rowling Chris dLacey
Cressida Cowell Emily Rodda
Tony DiTerlizzi Rick Riordan
Holly Black



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Dragon Jokes


Q. Why do dragons sleep during the day?
A. So they can fight knights.

Q. Why did the dragon breathe fire?
A. Because he was a bright spark.

Q. What do you call a deaf Dragon?
A. Anything you like he cant hear you!

Q. Why did the dragon cross the road?
A. Chickens werent invented yet!

Q. What did the dragon say when he saw
St George in his shining armour?
A. Oh, no, not more tinned food!


Knock Knock
Who's there !
Dragon !
Dragon who ?
Dragon your feet again !
Number Square 2
Crossword Solution

Across
4. Patricia C Wrede
8. Terry Pratchett
9. Tamora Pierce
11. Chris dLacey
14. E Nesbit
15. Diana Wynne Jones
16. JRR Tolkien
17. JK Rowling
Down
1. Emily Rodda
2. Lewis Carroll
3. Cornelia Funke
5. Rick Riordan
6. Gerald Durrell
7. Bruce Coville
10. Anne McCaffrey
11. CS Lewis
12. Cressida Cowell
13. Tony DiTerlizzi
Number Square 1
Solutions
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